Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Maples Investments Image via Wikipedia Steve Blank and I had the opportunity to create a presentation about lean startups for Maples Investments. Agile software development. This speeds up the Ideas-Code-Data feedback loop.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. I LOVED it because, the presenting part was over quickly and we got into specific issues that the founders had in terms of getting things built. But they are having a tough time getting it all the way done.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made 2,000 customer calls in 8 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. billion U.S.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We have to present those forces to a warfighting commander. There are several lines of effort that we’re focusing on: We’re working to build the Space Force as a very Lean and Agile service. First, one of the big things we’re doing is adopting digital engineering as our standard.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st A surprising number of respondents in the latest Lessons Learned survey hail from one of the flourishing startup hubs in Canada. Combining agile development with customer developm. And when did there get to be 3000 of you?

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Founders assumed they understood customer problems/needs, wrote engineering requirements documents, designed the product, implemented /built the hardware/software, verified that it worked by testing it, and then introduced the product to customers in a formal coming out called first customer ship. customer relationships to create demand.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Today the eight teams presented their Lessons Learned presentations. Because of the embedded presentations this post is best viewed on the website.). This is a first step to a more agile, responsive and resilient, approach to national security in the 21 st century. You can watch the entire presentation here.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies. Then weekly each team will present 1) here’s what we thought, 2) here’s what we did, 3) here’s what we learned, 4) here’s what we’re going to do during this week. Here’s what happened.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

Fast-forward to the present day. Companies are embarking on digital transformation journeys to experiment new digital ways of doing business — this means leveraging data smarter to enable unprecedented levels of efficiency, agility, and productivity. A century ago, we had the industrial revolution. The Need for Faster Communication.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. The goal is for them is to observe this class, then host and teach the next round of 50 NSF Innovation Corps scientist/engineer teams in July. The 2012 Stanford Lean LaunchPad Presentations. Here are the first five.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Imagine someone pouring crazy glue into your car engine, that’s how a bad team can affect an organization. The Tuckman Model is presented and each team workshops their progress towards high effectiveness. It can augment, Lean, Design Thinking or Agile approaches. R&D or Engineering teams. Innovation teams.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

While our teams have mentors, socialize a lot and give great demos, the goal of our class final presentations is “ Lessons Learned ” – about product/market fit, pricing, acquisition/activation costs, pricing, partners, etc. We had a killer team and all the right skillsets.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2021

For those not in the know, SEO refers to search engine optimization. This is the practice of helping a website appear higher in search engine results pages (SERPs) for keywords related to their specific product, service, or niche. Present value with data. An SEO business, then, is one that offers this practice as a service.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Given Stanford’s 10 week quarters, we planned for eight weeks of lecture and the last two weeks for team final presentations. This post is part one.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

During the Cold War with the Soviet Union, science and engineering at both Stanford and U.C. Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. See the presentation here.).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2013

Once again, along with my partners at 500 Startups, we are proud to present the most substantive track at SXSW: [link] There was a running joke last year that "the Lean Startup track was the only place at SXSW you couldn't get out of the building." We're back! Juan Diego Calle CEO Dharmesh Shah Co-founder & CTO Ross Snyder Sr.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

With Lean LaunchPad, we were going to toss teaching the business plan aside and try to teach students a completely new, hands-on approach to starting companies – one which combines customer development, agile development, business models and pivots. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 19, 2024

The concept of “Thoughtfully Fit” is a framework designed to help individuals and teams enhance their performance and navigate challenges with greater agility. You could choose our system to move from vendor to trusted advisor, attract only ideal clients, and confidently present your strategies to build monthly recurring revenue.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2016

Every week the teams present their results. The combination of the Business Model Canvas, Customer Development and Agile Engineering is an extremely efficient template for the students to follow. Demo Days Versus Lesson Learned Presentations. Everything depends on a demo, presentation and speaking style.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In most companies the future suffers at the expense of the present. Companies are great at improving their existing business model and value propositions, but fall short when it comes to inventing entirely new business models, value propositions, and growth engines. The latter requires speed and agility.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. The Agile Board. In his spare time he raised nearly $30 million.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The first was a shakeup in our software engineering team, which was originally based out of New York City. Adeel established a team in Lahore and we all did Agile training together to formalize a working relationship. In this case, other than our software engineering team in Pakistan, we hadn’t yet worked with anyone remotely.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Google wasn't the first search engine around. For me, it's a live example of agile and sustainable business. maybe not a mainstream pick, the lessons I have learned from them in communication, presentation, and overall effectiveness is invaluable. #13- Google. Photo Credit: Ravi Davda. I love Google. 17- Aurora Solar.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

Furthermore, you should ensure your content is 100% original and not plagiarised or this can annoy your search engine algo and upset any chances of your website ranking high someday. You should also do follow-up calls; there are multiple areas where you can reach your customer from and be present for them 24*7.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2010

In my last post I described my approach to one of the three classes I teach at Stanford in the engineering school: Fundamentals of Technology Entrepreneurship. Some even came into to class to cheer on their team for their final business model presentations. ——————-. Guest Speakers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2014

There’s too much bad data out there, even when presented by reputable sites – crowdspring.co/1pycqut. Useful Mockups Templates For Presenting Print Designs – crowdspring.co/1jB1A7q. Useful Mockups Templates For Presenting Print Designs – crowdspring.co/1jB1A7q. It’s the “Narrative.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

We wanted an agile approach that would allow us to build our software architecture as we needed it, without downtime, but also without large amounts of up-front cost. Chris and I had the opportunity to present on our approach this past spring at the MySQL Conference. Labels: agile , continuous deployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), have significantly transformed the search engine as we’ve known it. This presents businesses with an opportunity to enhance their search functionalities for both internal and external users.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 23, 2017

Recently many of us dedicated our Saturday attending and presenting at the biannual un-conference, ProductCamp. Upgrade From This Old Unnecessary Process David Hawks , CEO, Agile Velocity Main take-away — focus on discovery, not as much delivery. Most of the Agile world is in the perspective of delivery focus. User Stories Suck!

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2024

Despite the clear and present danger of threats from China and elsewhere, there’s no agreement on what types of adversaries we’ll face; how we’ll fight, organize, and train; and what weapons or systems we’ll need for future fights. This post previously appeared in Defense News and C4SIR.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 23, 2010

When a big company shows up, everyone expects an important formal presentation, which is hardly your Discovery mission at all. Customer Development Without Agile Engineering Is A Plan For Failure. Solution : Get engineering buy-in by. Getting the Customer to Talk is Even More Challenging.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. I break the answer to that question down into three engines: Viral - this is the business model identified in the presentation as "Get Users."

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Jeff will also be joining us on stage at Startup Lessons Learned 2011 , where he will be presenting a case study on his experience blending design, Lean Startup, and large company culture. Originally a waterfall shop, we transitioned to Agile development about two years ago. For example, software engineering write code.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

The human tendency to moralize about debt affects engineers, too. I hope to show why lean and agile techniques actually reduce the negative impacts of technical debt and increase our ability to take advantage of its positive effects. Side-effects that reduce agility are the most damaging symptoms of technical debt.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. I help lead the Engineering Leadership SIG at SDForum and wonder if you would be interested in speaking to our group about lean starups. Thanks and thanks again.

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